It’s hard to believe it’s only been a year since Comida Cantina opened in the Source — ingrained as the building has become in the Denver dining scene’s collective consciousness. Since then, the hulking industrial-age brick-and-steel space has become home to more restaurants, a butcher shop, a tap room and…
Chop Shop Casual Urban Eatery, which opened last month on a stretch of East Colfax where residents were hungry for more dining options, has now given people yet another reason to stop by: a happy hour that starts today. See also: Chop Shop, “a modern American grill with global influences,”…
North Boulder is now where folks weary of the yoga pants-squeezed bustle and hustle of downtown can still enjoy the Boulder lifestyle. Bacco Trattoria and Mozzarella Bar counts as its neighbors the delightful Pupusas Sabor Hispano, the neighborhood classic Restaurant 4580, and a non-delightful, non-classic Subway. It’s an odd space,…
Just three months after opening in the Platt Park neighborhood, Denver Pearl Brewing is changing its name in order to avoid confusion and the possibility of legal action from two other breweries, one local and one in another state. Denver Pearl has selected a new name — one that avoids…
Oskar Blues said last week that it has lowered the alcohol content of its newest and most unusual craft beer, Old Chub Scotch Ale Nitro, at the request of bars across the OB’s 35-state distribution network, where the beer will be rolled out in coming weeks. Old Chub will now…
When I told someone I was visiting Infinite Monkey Theorem’s (IMT) patio, they asked why, pointing out that it’s always empty and there’s not much to do. That was a few months ago, and very true at the time. See also: John Hickenlooper signs bill at Infinite Monkey Theorem, wine…
Adventurous Colorado beer drinkers didn’t have a lot of choices in the early 1990s. There were a few imports, but since microbrews were few and far between, anyone who was interested in branching out probably came across Oasis Brewery’s Tut Brown Ale. Founded in 1991 by George Hanna, Oasis was…
Coors has been a part of the Great American Beer Festival since its ragtag beginnings in 1982 in Boulder. The brewery won its first medals — for Killian Irish Red and Coors Extra Gold — in 1988, a year after the festival held its first competitive judging. In the decades…
In the same month that Ska Brewing released one of the lowest-alcohol beers to be canned in Colorado — the 4.5 ABV Rudie Session IPA — Crazy Mountain Brewing in Edwards released one of the most potent: the 10 percent ABV Lawyers, Guns & Money. Labeled as a barleywine, the…
With a population comprised mostly of day-trippers, folk musicians, and the selectively employed, Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall is a fertile breeding ground for good happy hours. Even before a discounted menu became practically mandatory in Colorado restaurants, a veritable Murderer’s Row of legendary happy hours on Walnut Street — those…
Is it fall yet? Almost. A pair of seasonal beers from two Colorado breweries are hitting shelves around town right now. They include Grimm Brothers Brewhouse’s Farmer’s Daughter, a 6.1 ABV German Style Oktoberfest beer with a creamy mouthfeel and toasty aroma, and New Belgium’s Tour de Fall, a new…
While there’s no end to the bottomless mimosas suddenly pouring out at brunches around town, Panzano has just introduced another sweet option: the Lychee Sparkler. Bartender Jodi Dolph created the concoction for an in-house contest that called for creating summertime drinks featuring Zonin Prosecco, the Italian sparkling wine. See also:…
Just three years after opening in a former garage on Platte Street, Denver Beer Co has just tapped a huge new production facility in the Sunnyside neighborhood, making the brewery a perfect symbol for the rapid rise of craft brewing’s third wave. Denver Beer Co’s Canworks in located inside a…
Now, this is more like it: a real happy hour at last. The legendary Charlie Brown’s in Capitol Hill is well known to the city’s bar-crawlers and chain-smokers, but also to a new generation of students and hipsters who appreciate a place with cheap drinks — and food served all…
When Tom’s Urban 24 opened on Halloween night 2012, it lit up the corner of Larimer and 15th streets that had gone dark when the Samba Room closed. Last week that space went dark again — but only temporarily — so that owner Tom Ryan could introduce some changes. When…
The Daily Meal released its annual list of the 50 Best Craft Breweries in America — as voted on by readers — last week, and it included seven in Colorado. They are: New Belgium Brewing (ranked 7), Oskar Blues (ranked 9), Avery (ranked 12), Epic (ranked 16), Great Divide (ranked…
Is Ben Carrington Denver’s most creative bartender? The people have voted — over 500 of them, who all jammed onto an outdoor patio at the Four Seasons hotel and selected Carrington’s cocktail as the winner at Monday’s Most Imaginative Bartender competition. The annual event, sponsored by Bombay Sapphire and GQ…
Three former Avery Brewing employees who left earlier this year to form their own venture, Call to Arms Brewing, have signed a lease at 4526 Tennyson Street in the Berkeley neighborhood. The brewery will be located in the back half of an 8,253-square-foot building/development called John’s Garage, which used to…
Denver’s unusually humid air had me craving my former Los Angeles home, where — toes in the sand — we’d drink homemade blended margaritas (because you can’t afford to go out in L.A.). I was pining for a sandy vacation when my friend invited me to Adrift, Denver’s quintessential tiki…
A decision by the National Labor Review Board last week determined that McDonald’s is responsible for employee wages at all of its U.S. restaurants. Previously, the corporation had held that wages were controlled and set by each individually owned restaurant franchise, and therefore the company was not responsible for wage…
If it weren’t for that blasted Cuban embargo, I wonder if eateries like Cuba Cuba Cafe & Bar wouldn’t be everywhere. Thankfully, the delightful Cuba Cuba Sandwicheria shops appear to multiplying rapidly, and there are places like Frijoles and Buchi to satisfy any lechon craving, but an evening at Cuba…
It’s not that the guys who work at Ska Brewing don’t want to get drunk. It’s just that they don’t want to get drunk as fast, says company co-owner Dave Thibodeau. “There’s been a lot of hype about session beers, but that’s not why we made it. We made it…
